Bonito, Pacific (Sarda spp.)

(Temminck & Schlegel, 1844); striped bonito / Sarda chiliensis (Cuvier, 1831); California bonito, eastern Pacific bonito / Sarda australis (Macleay, 1880); Australian bonito; SCOMBRIDAE FAMILY;
Sarda chiliensis is restricted to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its range is divided into two separate populations. The northern population (Sarda chiliensis lineolata) ranges from Alaska to southern Baja and the Revillagigedo Islands off Mexico. The southern population (Sarda chiliensis chiliensis) ranges from Peru to Chile. The two populations are replaced from Baja, California to Peru by Sarda orient... Read More